Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2013, Page 90

Description:	map1. Seniors Margaret Holahan and Haley Semian speak with an expert to learn about a foilanguage at one of the culturally aware stations. In addition to instruction in Spanish, KoiHebrew and Arabic, the culture booths offered belly dance performances and foreign cufrom two Fourth Street restaurants, Taste of India and Anatolia. 2. Students from BloominNorth and New Tech, along with senior Nicholas Ehman and junior Jamil Mjitsu demonstration, provided by the health and -Mi booth. Students also received lessosafety and self-defense from the Bloomington Police Department and instruction in mclacks. 3. Sophomores Emma Hamilton and Sydney Spencer expand their knowls ish language at a culture booth. 4. Seniors Haley Semian and Margaret Hoklearn the dance craze, Gangnam Style. PHOTOS BY REBECCA GARCIAa breakThe inaugural Youth Convention, hosted by the Monoffered enrichment and instruction in culture, health,Belly dancers swayed to a rhythmicbeat. Murmured phrases in Spanishand Hebrew came frominexperienced mouths. The scent ofbutter chicken and grape leavesinfused the air. The YouthConvention was in full swing.For many onlookers, suchtastes, sights and sounds wereunfamiliar. These new discoveriesafforded participants valuableknowledge. This enrichment wasthe aim of the inaugural YouthConvention, an event dedicated toexposing students to new culturesand concepts. Held at theWarehouse on January 19, theconvention catered to the needs ofteenagers through a variety ofactivities.The convention gave studentsfrom any local school, includingmany from Bloomington South, theopportunity to expand theirunderstanding of foreign cultures,health, social issues and safetyskills. They participated in threerotations, each focused on adifferent facet of the convention.At the cultural station, studentssampled local ethnic foods,learned about several foreignlanguages. The socially awarestation enabled students to collectbusiness cards from local volunteeragencies at the volunteer fair.Finally, at the health and safetystation, students improved their selfdefense skills and learned abouthealthy eating and sleeping habits.The convention offeredsomething for everyone, andstudents tended to gravitatetowards stations that matched theirinterests. My favorite station wassocially aware because I got tosee the volunteer fair, said juniorDelaney Halloran. It was alsoroe County Youth Council,safety skills and more.really interesting to think about thesocial issues in our community andhow we could fix them.Freshman Breanna Sandershad a different opinion: myfavorite station was definitely thehealth and safety station. I lovedlearning self defense.The fair attendees includednot only those there to learn, butalso the Youth Council memberswho worked tirelessly to put theconvention together. Senior OliviaCrowe was among these councilmembers. It was nice to see all ofour ideas come together, saidCrowe, who favored her ownstation, social awareness.Full of new knowledge andFourth Street cuisine, students leftthe convention with a wealth ofexperience — and hopes to returnnext year.-CHRISTINA ELLIOTTSenior Adele Brewershows off her shoot theduck skill at her first meetof the season. PHOTOCOURTESY OF ADELE BREWERI 13SRI
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